you son of a bitch. I just asked a coworker to tell me what I was missing, and they just looked at me like I was an idiot.posted by Think_Long at 12:27 PM on January 10, 2012 [7 favorites]

Look at the center point and concentrate for say 1 minute and look at wall then you are able to see your lover’s face. Time for concentrating at center point may vary from person to person depending on weight. This illusion will harm your eyes. So view it at your own risk.

Whoa, I need to lose a few pounds.posted by wryly at 12:29 PM on January 10, 2012

I believe that most of the works on this tumblr are the work of M.C. Escher's little-known cousin, MC Hammer.posted by Halloween Jack at 12:30 PM on January 10, 2012 [6 favorites]

The Blivet, which is what the typical 3-prong Devil's Fork is called, can be seen on Monday's Girl Genius. I'm not sure that the 2-prong version is an actually called the Devil's Fork or not.posted by Old'n'Busted at 12:39 PM on January 10, 2012

Look at the center point and concentrate for say 1 minute and look at wall then you are able to see your lover’s face. Time for concentrating at center point may vary from person to person depending on weight. This illusion will harm your eyes. So view it at your own risk.posted by Artw at 12:42 PM on January 10, 2012

I mean, the others, I see what they're saying. And I feel like an idiot, but the line drawing of the cube looks like a cube. I don't see what's so impossible about it.posted by kbanas at 12:46 PM on January 10, 2012 [4 favorites]

JOKE SPOILED: This is a bunch of common optical illusion images, except they're changed so that they're not *actually* optical illusions - the "impossible" cube is a normal cube, the forever staircase is just a set of two connected staircases, et cetera.

HOLY crap I can see the LAST SUPPER, except Judas is DRUNK!posted by P.o.B. at 2:33 PM on January 10, 2012

I came across a flickr set of optical illusion illusions once... I think these are a little more clever:posted by bxyldy at 2:58 PM on January 10, 2012 [1 favorite]

This is Joel Johnson and I having a little fun. We were completely unaware of the Neil illusion article when we threw it together, but it will now, clearly, keep us in fresh Optillusions for a good week.posted by beschizza at 3:01 PM on January 10, 2012

JOKE SPOILED: This is a bunch of common optical illusion images, except they're changed so that they're not *actually* optical illusions - the "impossible" cube is a normal cube, the forever staircase is just a set of two connected staircases, et cetera.

I assumed I was missing obvious illusions until I got to the color blindness one, at which point I fearfully thought, "Wait, I'm color blind?!" and raced in here to see if anybody else was having unexpected trouble.posted by Defenestrator at 10:35 PM on January 10, 2012

RTFA in an *extremely* literal, by-the-word sense.

Impossible = impossible (therefore not represented here)posted by ShutterBun at 2:18 AM on January 11, 2012

In retrospect, I think the cube would've been funnier if it came after the other two. It just doesn't register easily on its own as the other two.posted by TheSecretDecoderRing at 2:50 AM on January 11, 2012 [1 favorite]

MetaFilter: You can't unsee the snark.

As someone who studied these (like, forreal), I loved this. When I saw it on facebook. You bunch of losers! Losers who are slow.posted by Eideteker at 9:54 AM on January 11, 2012

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